How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
Global stocks fell Thursday as interest rates in the U.S. continued to rise.
Small-company stocks stumble after strong start to 2018
Small-company stocks have stumbled after racking up strong gains for much of this year.
Bernie Sanders to McDonald's: Raise minimum wage to $15 like Amazon
Sanders has repeatedly called on the nation’s largest employers to boost minimum wage.
Markets Right Now: Rising interest rates push stocks lower
The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.
Barnes & Noble to explore sale with special committee
Once a dominant bookseller, Barnes & Noble has floundered.
Stocks lower, putting Dow march to 27,000 on hold
10-year treasury yield hits 7-year high.
Verizon's severance offer goes to about 44,000 employees
Employees eligible for the severance packages were offered three weeks' pay for each year of service up to 60 weeks.
FedEx to use special bonuses to keep pilots from retiring: report
The average daily delivery volumes can double during the holidays.
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___ GM, Honda team up to produce self-driving vehicle General Motors and Honda are teaming up on self-driving vehicle technology as big automakers and tech giants race to develop the next generation of personal transportation.
Barnes & Noble reviewing offers to buy company
The board of Barnes and Noble says it is reviewing the company's future after several parties expressed interest in buying it.
Asian shares turn lower after strong day on Wall Street
U.S. stocks are climbing Wednesday morning after a survey by payroll processor ADP showed strong hiring by private businesses in September.
How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
Encouraging signs on hiring and growth in the service sector sent small companies and banks higher Wednesday and knocked bond prices into a tailspin.
Markets Right Now: Solid economic reports send stocks higher
The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.
Amazon's minimum wage hike comes with a catch for some workers
Amazon has yet to disclose the financial impact it expects the new pay initiatives to have on its bottom line.
Aston Martin prices IPO at $5.6 billion, sputters in debut
Shares of the British sports car maker fell in their first day of trading.
GM, Honda strike deal to build self-driving cars
The rival automakers are teaming up to pursue large-scale deployment of autonomous vehicles.
Greek bank shares tumble amid fears over bad loans
Greek banking shares are down sharply amid investor fears over lenders' needs to reduce their large stock of bad loans resulting from the financial crisis.
European stocks recover their poise on Italy relief
Asian shares were mostly lower on Wednesday on rising oil prices and lackluster Japanese data.
Facebook's Instagram back up after worldwide outage
Outages have been reported in London, San Francisco and Singapore.
Correction: Corporate Boards-Female Directors story
California's new law requiring companies to include women on their boards of directors may not survive widely expected legal challenges but it has already spotlighted the entrenched practices and barriers that have helped keep women out of boardrooms.
















